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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Hey! Where’s MY Picture?
John Egan, a basketball legend at Providence College, went on to play 11 years in the NBA for the Pistons, Knicks, Cavaliers, Bullets, Rockets and, most memorably, for the Lakers. One of the characters in my first novel, Rogue Island, … Continue reading
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“Rogue Island” Does Rio!
My brilliant agent, Susanna Einstein, has made a deal to sell my Edgar Award-winning crime novel, Rogue Island, to a Brazillian publisher. (Actually, the deal is for both my first novel and the forthcoming sequel, Cliff Walk.) The novel, originally … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Bruce DeSilva, Cliff Walk, crime fiction, edgar award, Foreign Publishers, literary agents, mysteries, noir, Providence, Rhode Island, Rogue Island, thrillers
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Bill Loehfelm’s New Crime Novel A Must Read
I loved Bill Loehfelm’s first two hardboiled crime novels, both of them set on the mean streets of his native Staten Island. I just read the third, The Devil She Knows, which hits the bookstores this week; and I and … Continue reading
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Signing “Rogue Island” at BEA
Join me at BEA (BookExpo America) at the Javits Center in Manhattan Wednesday, May 25. I’ll be signing copies of my Edgar Award-winning crime novel, Rogue Island. The schedule: 12:30 to 1, Mystery Writer of America, Booth 4482 2:30 to … Continue reading
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Thank You, Lawrence Block, For Bringing Matthew Scudder Back
Several years ago, Lawrence Block declared that he’d written his last hardboiled novel featuring a private eye named Matthew Scudder. His many fans will be delighted that Block changed his mind. I reviewed the book for The Associated Press. You … Continue reading
My Stammering Edgar Awards Acceptance Speech
The good folks at Mystery Writers of America have posted a video of my acceptance speech at the recent Edgar Awards Banquet, where my book, Rogue Island, won the award for best first novel. I am accustomed to speaking before … Continue reading
How Do You Say “Rogue Island” In Korean?
The brilliant agency that represents me, LJK Literary Management, just sold my crime novel, “Rogue Island,” to a publisher in Korea. That makes six foreign countries where the Edgar Award-winning novel will be published. The others are France, Italy, Japan, … Continue reading
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Look Who’s Reading “Rogue Island” NOW!
It’s crime novelist Hank Phillippi Ryan (who is also an investigative reporter for WHDH-TV in Boston) and her friend, mystery writer Sharon Potts. For a slide show of more famous novelists, journalists and politicians reading my Edgar Award-winning crime novel, … Continue reading
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Who’s Reading “Rogue Island” Now? The Great Jack Hart!
Look who’s reading my Edgar Award-winning crime novel, Rogue Island, now! It’s legendary writing coach Jack Hart, whose new book, “Story Craft,” will be published July 15. Rogue Island, now available in hardcover and Kindle editions, will be published in … Continue reading
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Website Gives “Rogue Island” Another Rave Review
My thanks to the “Marilyn Reads” website for a rave review of my Edgar Award-winning crime novel, Rogue Island. The review says in part: “Bruce DeSilva’s first mystery is utterly absorbing. After forty-one years as an investigative journalist, part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Award, book reviews, Bruce DeSilva, crime fiction, edgar award, mystery, noir, Rogue Island, thrillers
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Bruce DeSilva's Rogue Island 